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April 29, 2026

Healthy fat cells uncouple obesity from diabetes

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes....

Doctors may be able to enlist a mysterious enzyme to stop internal bleeding

Blood platelets are like the sand bags of the body. Got a cut? Platelets pile in to clog the hole...

Immune cells in the brain have surprising influence on sexual behavior

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have found a surprising new explanation of how young brains are shaped for sexual behavior later...

SMURF1 provides targeted approach to preventing cocaine addiction relapse

Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A class of proteins that has generated significant interest for its...

Magnetic gene in fish may someday help those with epilepsy, Parkinson’s

Credit: Galit Pelled and Assaf Gilad, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- An aquarium fish that senses the Earth's...

Deaths from resident-to-resident incidents in dementia offers insights to inform policy

Credit: University of Minnesota Analyzing the incidents between residents in dementia in long-term care homes may hold the key to...

Inching closer to a soft spot in isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis

Credit: National Institutes of Health/NIH Image Gallery Antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis is a public health threat. TB and other bacteria become resistant...

MossRehab named top ten rehabilitation facility in nation

MossRehab, the renowned physical and cognitive rehabilitation arm of Einstein Healthcare Network, has again been named by U.S. News &...

Space-based tracker to give scientists a beyond-bird’s-eye-view of wildlife

Credit: Max Planck Institute for Ornithology New Haven, Conn. - The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space, or ICARUS,...

Study: What patients really think about opioid vs non-opioid medications for chronic pain

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Prescriptions of opioids for chronic pain has increased dramatically since the 1990s in spite of...

USTC develops a family of bioinspired artificial woods by traditional resins

Credit: YU Shuhong Nature has provided us not only the fantastic materials, but also the inspiration for the design and...

Deep in the weeds: Using eDNA sequencing to survey pondweed diversity

Ecological surveys of biodiversity provide fundamental baseline information on species occurrence and the health of an ecosystem, but can require...

Generating DNA sequence data in the developing world

Credit: Campbell O. Webb Globally, biodiversity is concentrated around the equator, but the scientific institutions generating DNA sequence data to...

An ion channel differentiates newborn and mature neurons in the adult brain

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is part of the brain that helps form memories....

Gips-Schüle Foundation funds new research group in Konstanz

(University of Konstanz) Collective behaviour and early career researcher Dr Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin begins her work as the first Gips-Schüle Junior...

Research may help rescue antibiotics’ effectiveness in the face of drug-resistant bacteria

BIDMC Research Briefs showcase groundbreaking scientific advances that are transforming medical care. Bacteria--especially Gram-negative strains--are becoming increasingly resistant to current...

AI model ‘learns’ from patient data to make cancer treatment less toxic

MIT researchers are employing novel machine-learning techniques to improve the quality of life for patients by reducing toxic chemotherapy and...

Amazingly ‘green’ synthesis method for high-tech dyes

Fresh insight into invasive plant that blights UK rivers

Credit: Nigel Willby New research into the behaviour of an invasive plant seen on riverbanks across the UK could help...

Four URI scientists among 100 researchers on NASA-led expedition to North Pacific